The Old Bengal in South Bucks

Anwar and his team at Old Bengal catered for a lunch at my house on Sunday. Food for 22 delivered, set-up in chaffing dishes, and delicious as ever! Thank you for yet another great meal.

Good food. Good service although waiters were a bit 'hurried'.

I’m the owners wife and just to say if you want to celebrate a birthday you cannot to it on 25th December it will be closed because my husband (the owner) is having a party only for family and friends. Also if you’re every rude the restaurant will be rude treat others the way you want to be treated!

We had the buffet on Sunday lunch, a big group of 10, there was plenty of food. Everything tasted wonderful. Service was immaculate.

Del, the server, was very welcoming & friendly. Swift service and great food

Good old fashioned Indian. Service polite and efficient. Dishes served appetizing and generous portions!

As an Indian person eating out, the atmosphere was great, service was good, but food was just below par. Samosas tasted bland, seemed to be cooked from frozen and no Chutney was provided on the side. Chicken bhuna wasn't salted properly. Saag paneer also lacked flavour. Chicken jalfrezi was decent but had far too much raw onion and green pepper added to bulk it out. We came away disappointed.

Ordered a takeaway to celebrate our daughters birthday, having eaten in the restaurant many times over the years. Sadly the food was very poor and was floating in grease. Having eaten several items that were edible, the rest was thrown in a plastic bag. Having then called the restaurant to speak with the manager and let him know (very politely) that the three dishes main dishes were very poor and were not eaten, the manager sadly didn't nave the courtesy to say sorry or show any form of customer care. I suggested that they collect the food that was not eaten and very respectfully suggested that the manager do whatever he thinks is the best thing to do to remedy this. They sent a driver to collect the discarded food (which was still in it packaging) and tied up in two plastic bags. Unbelievably the manager called me and was rude, sarcastic and immature. He began to call me a liar by claiming that we had eaten some of the returned food. He then reluctantly said he would refund some of the money, however based on his appaulling, immature and aggressive attitude, I refused any money back from him. It is clear this guy has a complex issue and doesn't like criticism and his approach to any such criticism is to gaslight his customers by saying we are lying or are trying to grab a freebie. Check their historic reviews which are similar. All I wanted was a simple apology. Such a shame given the money we have spent in this place over the years but glad to have seen the real attitude of this business / manager before we spent any more money in there.

Avoid at all costs. We ordered a takeaway to celebrate our daughters birthday, having eaten in the restaurant many times over the years. Sadly the food was very poor and was floating in grease. Having eaten several items that were edible, the rest was thrown in a plastic bag. Having then called the restaurant to speak with the manager and let him know (very politely) that the three dishes main dishes were very poor and were not eaten, the manager sadly didn't nave the courtesy to say sorry or show any form of customer care. I suggested that they collect the food that was not eaten and very respectfully suggested that the manager do whatever he thinks is the best thing to do to remedy this. They sent a driver to collect the discarded food (which was still in it packaging) and tied up in two plastic bags. Unbelievably the manager called me and was rude, sarcastic and immature. He began to call me a liar by claiming that we had eaten some of the returned food. He then reluctantly said he would refund some of the money, however based on his appaulling, immature and aggressive attitude, I refused any money back from him. It is clear this guy has a complex issue and doesn't like criticism and his approach to any such criticism is to gaslight his customers by saying we are lying or are trying to grab a freebie. Check their historic reviews which are similar. All I wanted was a simple apology. Such a shame given the money we have spent in this place over the years but glad to have seen the real attitude of this business / manager before we spent any more money in there.

Seen many adverts for the Sunday buffet lunch, so decided to give it a go. Booked online, arrived and shown to our table. There were a few family’s with young children at tables, seems a good place as kids eat free. The buffet selection was adequate with a good choice available. Onion bhaji’s were morish, tandoori chicken wings had little meat on them. Lamb and chicken dishes with rice, veg curry and breads available. Food was tasty but lacked spice and pretty plain. Value for money is good and pedal place for families to lunch on a Sunday.

I've been visiting this restaurant since 2004, and I still return to having moved out of the area four years ago. I founded the local Penn and Tylers Green Curry Club, and this was one of two venues we regularly used. There is a reason for this. The food and service have always been exceptional. I went there last night with my son and was warmly greeted by Anwar and his team, including his highly skilled chef. Highlights for me were the truly superb Chicken Tikka Shashlic and Sag Paneer. All their dishes are streets ahead of other traditional Indian restaurants I've visited.

Really lovely food. Perfect portion size.

Outstanding restaurant. Delicious food. What stood out most was the service. Utterly brilliant.

Outstanding restaurant. Delicious food. What stood out most was the service. Utterly brilliant.

Visited from out of town and got a Top end curry. Lovely place. Great service and the food was delicious and Hot! Friendly and welcoming 👍

Visited from out of town and got a Top end curry. Lovely place. Great service and the food was delicious and Hot! Friendly and welcoming 👍

Thanks to all the staff of The Old Bengal for making my friend’s birthday so fantastic! Great food, great vibes and great service. Couldn’t have asked for a better celebratory meal out. Thanks again!

Really feels like an authentic Indian restaurant with the decor, comfy and cosy Food was delicious and the service was really good

Check your bill !!!!!! Many dishes and drinks added to our bill that we did not order or receive. When challenged the waiter seemed to half expect to have to recalculate and laughed with staff back at the till whilst doing so. Poor quality food , dirty bathrooms. So many lovely places to eat locally please don’t waste your time with these scammers.

Absolutely delicious, excellent service.

I just received a call from this restaurant on 01494730772. I actually have an Indian meal booked tonight in Edinburgh so I answered it. I was very surprised when an Asian male stated that he was calling from O2, the phone company. I told him that I was happy with my provider and hung up. I'd never heard of this restaurant before and so I phoned back and the male who answered sounded different. I told him about what had happened and couldn't explain how this happened. Sounds like a member of staff is trying to make scam calls.

Enjoyed the Sunday lunch £20 per head buffet. The restaurant was full with families, groups and couples with a number of children also dining. The selection of food available included several chicken and lamb dishes as well as a vegetable selection. Plain naan bread, pilau rice and onion bhajis are also available in the buffet however the poppadoms are classed as extra, as are all drinks. The food has lots of flavour with a bit of heat to it if you like it spicy. A selection of fresh fruit is available for dessert.

Great little find for a Sunday buffet deal. All the food was good quality and delicious. The selection available was enough to choose from to satisfy any appetite. The buffet had just the right amount in so you knew that it not been sitting around for long. Service was great. Great value. Would highly recommend.

Had a really good takeaway delivery! Quickly arrived, Everything was fresh, well cooked and really well spiced! The chicken jalfrezi was so good as was the lamb chops! I marked it 4star as usual you get a side salad and this was missing other than that perfect!

We gave this restaurant a group order last week and when the food arrived many of the items were missing. When we phoned the restaurant did not want to know and tried to fob us off. The food wasn’t that good anyway. Beware of this restaurant not nice people.

I have had some really nice meals here over the years - lovely people and good food too

I frequently get deliveries from the Old Bengal for years. It is always consistently very tasty and always very good quality. The staff are all very friendly.

Brilliant restaurant with amazing food, either eating in or takeaway food always 5 star. See you soon.

Had gone off Indian cuisine for a couple of years until going here for a fab dinner with friends. Service great food very good and had an amazing take away Friday night. My new favourite Indian locally!

Really love this restaurant, our favourite curry in Beaconsfield. Always great food with prompt, friendly service. Top marks and can't beat it imo.

Nice food we had the buffet on Sunday and a very good price

Great food and always friendly staff. Sunday Buffet very good choice

Used to go here for Christmas Dinner years ago so popped in on a wet Thursday night to see what its like now. I wasn't disappointed, the food was beautifully cooked and full off flavour. Nice friendly service just how It used to be

Been ordering from them for years first time eating in good food nice and cosy well worth a visit

The place ant worth being open.the service is shocking no manners.definitely one to keep away from.no need for attitude!

Went with my partner. Rude over priced. Served me raw potatoes then try to overcharge me along with waiter rushing and pouring our drinks....avoid this place like the plague. Dead atmosphere feels like ur in a funeral place...smelt like urine and pheases

Only reason to order food from an Indian restaurant is because you want to eat Indian food, right? This food was not Indian food. There want no taste of India in anything: no tikka in the chicken tikka, no spices in the samosa, popadom, Dahl or anything else. It was the most disappointed non-Indian tasting food from any Indian restaurant I have ever had food from. Recommendation for the restaurant: Get yourself an authentic Indian chef. To everyone else: Don’t expect to eat Indian food here until they do.

Booked a table for a group and as soon as we got there the staff was rude to us and we were overcharged for the amount of drinks (that we didnt have) and 1 dish. We had to argue to get the drinks and the extra dish out of the bill and the staff didnt want to admit that they did a mistake and acused us of having to much to drink where half of us actually didnt even had any alcohol. They were rude and we could see that we were overcharged on purpose as when we confronted the staff to the amount of drinks they said if we wouldnt order so many then we would know how much we had. We were also had a 2 starters charged as main (which is actually more expensive) and were told that this is "normal" and that they "didnt have to tell us what they were charging", this despite being more expensive. Do not waste your money on this place

Very disappointing curry. Meat was tough and not marinated. Will not be ordering from them again.

Food was ok. Expected better. There was a private event of 50 people we weren’t informed off so was extremely noisy.

Arrived early Friday evening and fairly quiet, but busy by mid evening. Friendly staff, good food and service. Will be going back.

Great food. A bit expensive but worth tasting them.

Really poor service Ordered online. When the food arrived one of the main courses was missing. We called only to be told we did not order it, besides having the online receipt confirming we did and being charged for it. We were then offered to send out the missing dish in 20-30 minutes….this did make me laugh at least. Eventually they said they would send a refund for the missing dish, No apologies for the obviously ruined evening meal etc. Everyone makes mistakes, no issue with that but say sorry and compensate people though when you do.

Really poor service Ordered online. When the food arrived one of the main courses was missing. We called only to be told we did not order it, besides having the online receipt confirming we did and being charged for it. We were then offered to send out the missing dish in 20-30 minutes….this did make me laugh at least. Eventually they said they would send a refund for the missing dish, No apologies for the obviously ruined evening meal etc. Everyone makes mistakes, no issue with that. Apologies and compensate people though when you do.

We have been getting take aways from here for absolutely years and always have had the most incredible food.. last night week got our regular takeaway from them, when we arrived home we realised half the order was missing, all of our 4 sides were missing and our naan breads! We then found RAW CHICKEN and incredibly bad quality chicken in all of the curry’s! I rang the restaurant to inform them and they were so incredibly rude and not willing to resolve or apologies on the phone, telling me that I was a liar! I feel so saddened to have to write this review but quite frankly if they are not willing to be apologetic then unfortunately this review had to be posted.

Nice place, friendly staff, good food.

Visited last night with two friends. One lived locally and recommended it. It was busy which was a little surprising for a Monday night, which was a good sign. It had a nice atmosphere and the food and service were excellent. I would highly recommend but do book a table. We didn’t but we were lucky they found us a table.

Used to love it here but after the weekend, the food quality has gone downhill sadly and very pricey now. Still great staff thou

Excellent food and delivery Thank you!

Not your average curry, very tasty and good service

The quality of our food tonight was not as good as usual. We always order from Old Bengal because we are usually guaranteed an excellent quality meal. We found some of the chicken touch with lots of sinew and the sauce not as tasty as normal. We were disappointed given that we spent over £60

amazing food very cheap price and outstanding service.

Had food with friends.very enjoyable

First Indian restaurant I've been to in a good few years, food was just OK, hardly any sea bass in the curry, welcome from staff on arrival was miserable, and on departure non existent despite a large party and spending £50+ per head; wont be going here again!

Went here this evening to grab some take away. What was really apparent was the waiters seemed to know a lot of the customers by name which is usually a good sign. All the staff were incredibly friendly and the food was some of the best take away I’ve had for a long time. I went for lamb chilli Masala with pilau and garlic Naan. The guys even gave me a free beer. Will definitely be back soon 👌🏻

A lovely Indian restaurant with great décor attentive staff and great food. Definitely recommend

90 mins for the order to arrive, food average. No dips or salad with starter disappointing overall vs other restaurants in the area

Lovely people, friendly service and food. Sensible prices for the area too.

Very welcoming nice atmosphere linen table cloths and napkins . Excellent service not rushed and delicious food good value for money . Will differently go there again soon

Ate here after the Carabao Cup Final at Wembley. I only looked at their reviews afterwards and was surprised to see several bad ones. I had booked a table and when we arrived, the restaurant was empty (9.15pm on Sunday-a quiet time). We expected we might get rushed so the staff could go home….but none of it. The service was polite, attentive and charming. The food absolutely superb.

Super friendly and very welcoming.

Seemed kinda pricey on each choice. But when it turned up the bowls were pretty big. So don't over order. Lovely flavours. Really nice attentive service. Really nice place to eat. Well done The Old Bengal 👌

Utterly disgraceful on the phone when trying to order. Returning customer, previously always given complimentary popadoms with takeaways (spending over £70) and when asked at point of paying was told complimentary popadoms are discretionary and restaurant manager refused to apply his discretion. Unbelievable. Order cancelled and I will never, ever return. I wanted x 2 complimentary popadoms as had always previously been offered (cost would have been £2), but as they refused & were so rude I will never go there again. Likely c £500 lost revenue to them this year from me for the sake of £2 and I’ll use Spice Merchant just up the road, which was anyway better food! Foolish people!

Great food as always Shame it was an hour late and COLD

Tried their delivery service, as unfortunately the Basmati restaurant (our takeaway staple) is closed for refurbishment following a recent fire. I remember the Old Bengal being a cheaper option for curry in Beaconsfield. Not any more. Moreover the food was really average, extremely greasy and had absolutely no subtlety whatsoever. Spice heat to hide the lack of flavour. Been to the OB way in the past for rugby and school parents meals and never liked it much. On yesterday’s experience, it has deteriorated since then. I won’t be returning. Delivery did turn up on time though, which is a plus.

I preordered a delivery to arrive at 18:45. In the mean time I was going to pick my girlfriend up from work at 18:00 and be home for 18:35. At 18:19 I get a phone call off the delivery driver saying he's outside with the curry. I say "I order it to be delivered at 18:45" and he rudely says "Well, I'm just the delivery driver. What do you want me to do?" -- This restaurant has a habit of leaving food outside your house whether you like it or not so I say "Just leave it outside the door." He replies "I have already done that." So we arrive back to freezing cold curry... I ring up the restaurant and the manager says he can pick up the curry and replace it with a new curry. I say no to this because I don't trust this gaffe. For all I know he reheats the same curry... He says he will deliver a new order, fresh. Five minutes later the same rude delivery driver arrives and asks for the old curry. We tell him we're not giving him the old curry, the man on the phone said he would deliver a fresh one. We wait twenty minutes later. No curry arrives (of course because this rude establishment works on a weird principle where you have to swap out your cold order for a new one. As if they can't stand the fact you've got two for the price of one). Anyway, don't order here. They're rude and the man on the phone kept saying refund impossible, refund impossible, impossible. Me giving Old Bengal my money again, impossible!

This restaurant comes highly recommended. Excellent food and service at a reasonable price.

Fantastic evening, great food and company.

40 years after playing Colts rugby together, 14 of us arranged to meet up at the Old Bengal. The service was abrupt to the point of rudeness, they completely ignored the ladies in the group when they tried to order drinks. The waiter was clearly trying to get us to add unwanted items to the order and had to be asked to stop! We waited 90 minutes for the starters, some of which were wrong. The food seems ridiculously expensive for what it was . Just because we were a large party, they felt that they could take liberties so none of us will be returning.

Always order from Old Bengal they are by far the best in this area ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Average food at best, sorry but it was

Staff are very rude and food is unjustifiably overpriced.

Staff are rude and obnoxious. Unfriendly, unprofessional service. Way over priced for standard food.

Great food and lovely owner. The best curry in Beaconsfield!

Been here a few times , Food has got very average and very expensive, Won’t be returning, Went on a Saturday night and restaurant was only 50% full !

Really good old school curry house with great food and service, probably in top3 around the area.

The food was really lovely, and there is a monk fish option with most dishes. This is my favourite. The staff are fantastic. Thank you.

Food was tasty enough, though doesn't stand out from other currys I've had. Bit expensive but that's the area rather than the restaurant. They're good in handling dietary restrictions like vege or gluten free.

The food wasn’t great, especially due to the price.. I’ve honestly never had such an expensive curry before and I’ve been to loads of Indians, I was so shocked when I opened the menu and saw the prices. The service was okay but the staff in general were quite rude and I don’t think I saw any of them even crack a smile once. I had high hopes but this ended up being rather disappointing and I won’t be returning.

Took 2 hours to deliver. Little help when we called to chase and no offer of refund.

Staff always impeccably polite, and the tikka masala is delicious!

Collected a take away from here and the food was cold, dry and extremely disappointing - when calling the manager they just replied to remind th next time. Won’t be visiting again

We have always loved this place and have recommended it to so many friends and family who are now regular customers; but after today, our opinion has definitely changed. We came back from holiday this morning and the first thing we did was book a table for this evening and we were really looking forward to it... The first issue was the volume of the music. There had always been a calm feeling in the restaurant in the years prior, but this seems to have gone. We also noticed a huge increase to the prices (but I know this is commonplace now) The main thing which was disappointing was the service we received. Nobody seemed to really know what was going on; staff were wandering around aimlessly and there was one particular man who was rushing us constantly. He took our order so abruptly and we felt so rushed the entire time. Even the lady on the table next to us commented on how bossy he was when he took her table"s order. When we made payment, his hand was literally hovering over the card machine as my partner entered his pin and then said "Cash tip is better". We were not impressed with the experience tonight at all.

Why was the dopiaza and the Koria mains both exactly the same? Food was very oily and over priced. Not impressed at all so won’t be ordering from here again.

If you want tasteless over priced food and then spend half the night on the toilet with an upset stomach then this restaurant it definitely the place to come.

Recently visited the Old Bengal for the first time. I tried to book for a birthday- the booking initially was pretty difficult to arrange; so much background noise, lack of understanding ... but we got there eventually. I wanted to drop a birthday cake off before the arranged booking and do a little deco. I was told to drop between a time- I called them as i was worried I maybe a bit late due to heavy traffic on m40, that's when they informed me that nobody is there and they are closed and all of this, I explained that I already had arranged ect ect. Anyway the food was great and service could've been better. Then, I wanted to pack my cake back as there was so much left still... the staff had GOT MY CAKE BOX OUT OF THE BIN AND HANDED IT OVER TO ME TO PUT MY CAKE BACK IN THE ORIGINAL BOX !!! Lucky for a child spotting this and informing me intime before I put the cake back in the 'OUT OF BIN' box !! Fair play for them coming forward and actually admitting to this but I just think that was completely unacceptable ! Yeah, worth a go just watch they don't pull anything out of the bin and hand it to you :)

Went to order and collect take out fancied easy, tasty meal...not a chance. Despite being way beyond capacity for delivery or take outs, the staff carried on taking orders whilst fielding complaints by phone or in person as nobody was happy. This appalling greed displayed a sheer disrespect for customers....oh and the food was tasteless and smothered in tomato sauce, kitchen obviously doesn't care either!

Always been excellent food and services,, eating in or take away,always warm friendly welcome with great food 😋

This must rate as the best Indian meal I’ve had in a long time. The atmosphere was lovely despite having two babies with us. The staff were attentive, friendly and helpful. The food was out of this world. Will definitely be back

The Old Bengal, Beaconsfield, has always been exemplary in its quality and service. It’s always a treat getting a meal delivered from such a great restaurant.

Fave Indian in Beaconsfield, the head chef is amazing and the service is great. Definitely give it a go

Food was lovely as always but it arrived a bit late and was not at all hot. It was Saturday evening so this is obviously a busy time. We are happy to order from Old Bengal again

Really nice and fabulous parking. Thank you.

Hate to leave a bad review but really not great all around. Food took 1hr 20, arrived cold, naan bread was cold wet and soggy. Portions were small. Didn’t even throw in a popadom on a +£50 order. Won’t order again - shame as I am a neighbour :(

Absolutely phenomenal the food the waiter who served me had given me a cold soup and I informed him of this and he was very sorry and to compensate for it he donated his left kidney to me and a litre of his blood. The food however was exquisite the chicken korma was cooked to perfection and melted in my mouth my friend with me at the time who was dining with me also ordered the chicken korma and he had a seizure when it entered his mouth that was how good it was . The poppadoms where fantabulous they where the right amount of crispy and not at all burnt paired with the mango chutney they made for a formidable duo this time sending my friend into yet another seizure . I got 4 naans the cheesy one was good the keema one was also good however the plain and garlic naans where so good that my friend got up and kissed the waiter directly on the lips. The naans where so good fluffy like a cloud and tasted like a michelin star dish. And now back onto the waiters they where the politest bunch of chaps I had ever met and seemed absolutely willing to serve us food without asking any questions. I had the diet coke from there and when I tell you it was the best Diet Coke I ever had I am not even joking. It had the perfect amount of ice a lovely straw to drink it with and the lemon added so many flavours and took this drink to new levels send my friend into a state of no return. However my friend did return to eat pilaa rice and it was as the Spanish say 'muy rico' the rice was so soft and fluffy then I had the best idea known to mankind I mixed the korma with the rice and it was absolutely astonishing sending my friend into yes you guessed it another seizure this time taking him up the stairs and to the door of the bathroom. After we had finished we were given hot towels to clean our hands and they where the softest things I had ever laid hands on. My friend had just come down and saw me having a seizure he took a towel and also had a seizure we seizured for 5 minutes straight without stopping, by the time we pulled our selves together we had bruises all over us but it was worth. When we received our bill we where given the most indulgent chocolates ever and sent us into another 5 minute seizure. Altogether would not recommend,McDonald's is a lot cheaper not better but cheaper so just go there. Just joking would recommend but beware as you are most likely to spaz out.

Great food, beautiful decor and amazing area ... loved it & will def go again

We had a wonderful meal at The Old Bengal. Menu is comprehensive with lots of favourites. Food is exquisitely cooked and served. Very attentive service. Certainly recommend.

The food was okay. After our meal we gave a cash tip to the staff and the manager came over to the table and snatched the tip away from us. I would expect my tip to go to the staff. Completely disrespectful!! Wouldn’t go back!!

Really great food delivered by a very polite driver. Will definitely order again!

haven't been here for 10 years and I now know the reason why was aiming to go giggling squid, the thai in crazy bear both were busy then tried the Chinese that was shut so ended up here . their meat dishes are fine the issue with these types of Bangladeshi type Indians they haven't a clue on how to make proper vegetarian dishes and this restaurant hasnt a clue . so meat side is fine but vegetables a no no may try it in another 10 years but i doubt it